KS4 Curriculum Booklet

English Literature (Year 11)

Curriculum Leader: Mr A Lucas

Examination Board: Edexcel

Assessment Requirements 60% Exam 40% Controlled Assessment

Paper 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature

One text from Shakespeare: Macbeth The Tempest Romeo and Juliet Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night The Merchant of Venice One text from Post-1914 British play or novel: An Inspector Calls – J B Priestley Hobson’s Choice – Harold Brighouse

Blood Brothers – Willy Russell Journey’s End – R C Sherriff Animal Farm – George Orwell Lord of the Flies – William Golding Anita and Me – Meera Syal The Woman in Black – Susan Hill

Paper 2: 19 th Century Novel and Poetry since 1789

One text from: 19th-century novel Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë Great Expectations – Charles Dickens Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – R L Stevenson A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen

Silas Marner – George Eliot Frankenstein – Mary Shelley One collection from: Pearson Poetry Anthology Collections • Relationships • Conflict • Time and Place